operation northern watch ( onw ) , the successor to operation provide Supply comfort , was a combined task force ( ctf ) charged Imposing_obligation with enforcing Action its own no-fly zone above the 36th parallel in iraq .

korean air flight 858 was a scheduled international passenger flight between baghdad , iraq and seoul , south korea .

in the 2010 baghdad church massacre Killing , six suicide jihadis of a group called islamic state of iraq attacked Attack an assyrian church in baghdad during sunday evening mass Rite , on 31 october 2010 , and began Process_start killing Killing the worshipers .

the 2014 white house intrusion occurred Presence on september 19 , 2014 , when omar j. gonzalez , an iraq war veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder , jumped Motion over the white house 's fence and entered Arriving the building 's front door before being stopped Preventing_or_letting first by an off-duty security officer , and later multiple security officers , and arrested Arrest .

although the battle Hostile_encounter officially ended Process_end in march 1986 , related fighting continued for two years until april 1988 , when iraq recaptured Conquering the al-faw peninsula at the second battle of al-faw .

the parent placed Placing the coffin near the fence at the white house expressing Expressing_publicly president bush 's culpability in the deaths of u.s. troops who have lost Death their lives in iraq .

iraq wanted to replace Change_of_leadership iran as the dominant persian gulf state , and was worried that the 1979 iranian revolution would lead iraq 's shi'ite majority to rebel Bearing_arms against the ba'athist government .

iraq wanted to replace Change_of_leadership iran as the dominant persian gulf state , and was worried that the 1979 iranian revolution would lead iraq 's shi'ite majority to rebel Bearing_arms against the ba'athist government .

although iraq hoped to take Getting advantage of iran 's post-revolutionary chaos , it made Creating limited progress and was quickly repelled Defending ; iran regained Recovering virtually all lost territory by june 1982 .

ayn al-asad airbase is an iraqi armed forces and united states armed forces base located in al anbar governorate ( also called Name_conferral anbar province ) of western iraq .

it was the second largest us military airbase in iraq during operation Military_operation iraqi freedom Change_of_leadership .

at that time , khobar towers was being used Using as living quarters for coalition forces who were assigned Choosing to operation southern watch Perception_active , a no-fly zone operation in southern iraq , as part of the iraqi no-fly zones .

operation martyr UNK ( ) was a military operation Military_operation conducted Action by the turkish air force against islamic state Statement of iraq and the levant ( unk ) positions in syria , and kurdistan workers ' party ( pkk ) positions in northern iraq , on 24 and 25 july 2015 .

operation martyr UNK ( ) was a military operation Military_operation conducted Action by the turkish air force against islamic state Statement of iraq and the levant ( unk ) positions in syria , and kurdistan workers ' party ( pkk ) positions in northern iraq , on 24 and 25 july 2015 .

the 1994 black hawk shootdown incident , sometimes referred to as the black hawk incident , was a friendly fire incident Catastrophe over northern iraq that occurred Presence on 14 april 1994 during operation provide comfort ( opc ) .

the gulf war ( 2 august unk february 1991 ) , codenamed operation desert shield ( 2 august unk january 1991 ) for operations leading to the buildup of troops and defense Defending of saudi arabia and operation desert storm Catastrophe ( 17 january unk february 1991 ) in its combat Hostile_encounter phase , was a war waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by the united states against iraq in response Response to iraq 's invasion Attack and annexation of kuwait arising Coming_to_be from oil pricing and production disputes .

the gulf war ( 2 august unk february 1991 ) , codenamed operation desert shield ( 2 august unk january 1991 ) for operations leading to the buildup of troops and defense Defending of saudi arabia and operation desert storm Catastrophe ( 17 january unk february 1991 ) in its combat Hostile_encounter phase , was a war waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by the united states against iraq in response Response to iraq 's invasion Attack and annexation of kuwait arising Coming_to_be from oil pricing and production disputes .

operation scorch sword ( ) was a surprise airstrike Attack carried out Action by islamic republic of iran air force ( iriaf ) on 30 september 1980 , that damaged Damaging an unk nuclear reactor 17 km south-east of baghdad , iraq .